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They should do what any other business that wants to make capital improvements does; find some investors or take out a loan.
This is forcing middle class and poor tax payers to subsidize millionaire players and billionaire owners.

It's an extortion racket. Pay up or we leave.
If enough cities say no, then that ends. Hell, the leagues could end that by adding a couple of expansion teams. There's only so many cities that can support sports teams. But they'd never do that. Why would big sports end their gravy train?

It's an extortion racket. Pay up or we leave.
If enough cities say no, then that ends. Hell, the leagues could end that by adding a couple of expansion teams. There's only so many cities that can support sports teams. But they'd never do that. Why would big sports end their gravy train?

I'm not saying you are wrong or that localities have every right to say build your own damn stadium. Just saying an owner also has a right to relocate his team to some place else if they will build him a shiny new stadium. A pro team does bring one hell of a lot of money to a city in hotel bookings restaurants etc and it can be worth it to build a stadium to get one.

I'm not saying you are wrong or that localities have every right to say build your own damn stadium. Just saying an owner also has a right to relocate his team to some place else if they will build him a shiny new stadium. A pro team does bring one hell of a lot of money to a city in hotel bookings restaurants etc and it can be worth it to build a stadium to get one.

It's an extortion racket. Pay up or we leave.
If enough cities say no, then that ends. Hell, the leagues could end that by adding a couple of expansion teams. There's only so many cities that can support sports teams. But they'd never do that. Why would big sports end their gravy train?

In Western Pennsylvania they had a REFERENDUM about increasing taxes to pay for stadiums for the Pirates and Steelers, which voters REJECTED. Office holders came along later and approved the plan over the objections of voters. Does that change your mind?

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